Chalcedonian Christology
In one sentence
The classical formula of Christ as one Person in two natures, truly divine and truly human, without confusion or division.
In simple terms
Jesus Christ is one Person in two natures, fully divine and fully human, without confusion, change, division, or separation.
Biblical truth
The New Testament attributes to the one Jesus both genuinely divine and genuinely human qualities.
Key Scriptures
John 1:1,14 · Phil. 2:6–8 · Col. 2:9 · Heb. 1:3 · Heb. 2:14–18
Example
The same Christ can be weary as man while also being confessed as Lord and Son of God.
Who holds it
Orthodox, Catholic, and the great majority of historic Protestant traditions.
Opposing view
Eutychianism · Apollinarianism · Adoptionism · Docetism
Not to be confused with
Not to be confused with a Nestorian division into two personal subjects or an Eutychian confusion of the natures.
History
The formula is associated with the Council of Chalcedon in 451 and subsequent development of Christological terminology.
Main point of debate
The main dispute with alternative models is whether “one Person, two natures” adequately expresses the biblical unity and full deity and humanity of Christ.